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Santa Cruz Nomad VPP
Recently, there have been rumours floating around the internet about a new Santa Cruz VPP bike, which looks poised to slide into the slot currently filled by the venerable Bullit.
The best article I’ve found on the Nomad to date is found on BikeMagic.com. Based on the images that I’ve seen, this bike looks as though it will be a great all round ride; it’s burly enough to take decent hits and looks svelte enough to deal with climbs (even if not at race pace). I don’t have the geometry data on hand but, with the Fox 36, the head angle looks sufficiently slack to be good for real all mountain riding (ie. for hitting everything on the mountain and not just for technical cross country riding).
Complaints about the ‘hump’ aren’t really valid in my books; to me this frame, more than the others that use a similar head-tube area design, is a mix between classic retro curves and cutting edge industrial design. In short, the frame looks sharp and I’d be on one in a heartbeat.
More images of the Santa Cruz Nomad
- Pictures from Sea Otter, via MTBR.com
- A decent side picture of the Nomad from NSMB.com
- Some great shots from Singletrack
Update (8 September 2005) : Sorry for the late update on this one, but you can view the official specs on the Santa Cruz Nomad on the Santa Cruz website.
1. Posted by 2006 mountain bike trends » The Biking Hub | 9:42 am, 4 January 2006
[…] And while bikes like the Santa Cruz Nomad and the soon to be available Intense 6.6 push the travel envelope while remaining capable climbers, they do bump overall build weight up to about 33-35lbs (depending on the burliness of the build), which is likely a touch too heavy for people looking to abandon their cross country racing pretensions and move into something more “comfortable”. […]